TRISO-X, a subsidiary of X-energy, is building a facility in Oak Ridge to produce advanced TRISO nuclear fuel for small modular reactors. Standard Nuclear acquired the fuel-related assets of a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Workers examine an experimental small modular reactor at a research institute in China. Liu Kun/Xinhua via Getty Images) As U.S.

TerraPower’s project in Wyoming, which uses novel technology, is the first new commercial reactor to receive federal approval in nearly a decade.

Orano USA plans to build a multibillion-dollar uranium enrichment facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Oklo Inc. will invest in the nation's first privately funded advanced nuclear fuel recycling ...

Oak Ridge is becoming America's nuclear energy core, with TVA and Kairos Power building advanced reactors to provide power.

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved the construction permit for a new commercial nuclear reactor in western Wyoming. This is the first permit of its kind to be approved in eight ...

A materials expert told Friends of ORNL that advanced nuclear reactors need 21st-century materials to withstand extreme ...

The NRC on March 4 authorized a construction permit for TerraPower's Kemmerer Power Station Unit 1—the first commercial ...

As U.S. electricity demand rises and technology companies seek to build more and larger data centers to drive artificial intelligence systems, the main question arising is how to generate all that ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Leonel Lagos, Florida International University (THE CONVERSATION) As U.S. electricity ...